§ 93.081 NEGLECT, ABANDONMENT, OR MISTREATMENT OF ANIMAL.
   No person owning or responsible for the care of an animal may neglect, abandon, or mistreat the animal, except that any person may abandon a feral cat for which the person assumed responsibility with the sole purpose of spaying or neutering the cat.
(SDCL § 40-1-2.3) Penalty, see § 93.999